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Summer

Digital Human Portrait based on the likeness of female actress Summer Glau.
Sculpted and Rendered in Blender 2.91
During this project, I was able to get the eyeballs to look right although the hair grooming is a bit clunky.
sadly most of the eye-catching details are post-processed using render passes with added noises and distortion to hide the fact I cant render skin properly.
this is rendered in Blender E-Cycles, a greatly optimized Cycles rendering engine. at first, I was learning octane but turns out to be a bit buggy and crashes a lot so abandoned and use E-Cycles instead.
This project has been on and off for almost a month now. I originally did the sculpting a while ago, then decided to fully flesh it out to practice my shading. the total time to make this is around a month and a half.

Wireframe - Solid - AO

Wireframe - Solid - AO

Albedo - Gloss - Final

Albedo - Gloss - Final

Finalized - 2nd iteration

Finalized - 2nd iteration

Albedo - AO - Glossy 
 Solid - Raw

Albedo - AO - Glossy
Solid - Raw

Headshot Finalized - 3rd iteration

Headshot Finalized - 3rd iteration

AO - Albedo - Glossy
 Raw
I found that by rendering the final in low contrast results in darker picture but easier for achieving a good final result after composite using other passes.

AO - Albedo - Glossy
Raw
I found that by rendering the final in low contrast results in darker picture but easier for achieving a good final result after composite using other passes.

Closeup Shot Finalized - 4th iteration

Closeup Shot Finalized - 4th iteration

With and Without Glossy Pass
Glossy pass enhances reflection on the eyes.

With and Without Glossy Pass
Glossy pass enhances reflection on the eyes.

Roughness - Specular - SSS

Roughness - Specular - SSS

Albedo - Deep Scatter - Bump

Albedo - Deep Scatter - Bump

Skin Test Progression

Skin Test Progression

really early sculpting viewport

really early sculpting viewport

Early sculpt

Early sculpt

Early hair preview

Early hair preview

Early sculpting viewport in Zbrush

Early sculpting viewport in Zbrush

Wall of Summer

Wall of Summer

Substance Painter Viewport

Substance Painter Viewport

Complex Skin Shader

Complex Skin Shader